2026 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Éiru’ Director Giovanna Ferrari, Producer Nora Twomey
Cartoon Saloon’s 'Éiru' is a visually lush Celtic myth about courage, nature, and divine balance, brought to life with a breathtaking color palette.
Cartoon Saloon’s 'Éiru' is a visually lush Celtic myth about courage, nature, and divine balance, brought to life with a breathtaking color palette.
'Playing God,' a skin-crawling stop-motion short where abandoned clay figures fight for identity and belonging, earned qualification by winning the grand jury award at Animayo.
John Kelly’s 'Retirement Plan,' narrated by Domhnall Gleeson, has qualified for the 2026 Oscars after winning several major festival awards.
Zohar Dvir’s 'Butterfly Kiss' turns fear of commitment into eerie body horror as a couple faces love, change, and metamorphosis.
Discover how Emmy-winning filmmaker James A. Castillo used VR tools to bring Goya’s haunting Black Paintings to life in 'The Quinta’s Ghost.'
Discover how DreamWorks reimagined 'Gabby’s Dollhouse' with richer textures, tactile details, smart scaling, and feature-level animation.
Announced in 2018 after 'Hotel Transylvania 3,' the darker medieval action film stalled at Sony, but Tartakovsky hopes fan buzz can revive it.
Canadian gem 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls' and other standout shorts, features, and student films were also celebrated as this year’s festival wrapped things up.
Writer and producer Jessica Conrad and director Gabriel DeFrancesco explain what goes into making an episode of TV's most iconic animated sitcom.
Rasoul T. Zarrin's hand-drawn holiday special, 'Crickhopper the Musician,' pitches this weekend at the Festival of Animation Berlin.
Discover how The Line brought humanity, style, and mythic power to Supergiant Games’ 'Hades II' trailer, blending artistry with storytelling.
Production workers overwhelmingly voted in favor of ratifying their new union contract, while 75 remote workers on L.A.-based projects have unionized with TAG.
Netflix dropped a new trailer for its upcoming original 'In Your Dreams,' so we sat down with Pilcher to find out how his team created the film's dreamscapes.
Explore Richard Williams’ legendary life and career in the new book 'Adventures in Animation,' featuring exclusive artwork and untold stories.
Glitch Productions launches 'Knights of Guinevere,' its first 2D animated pilot, created by Dana Terrace, John Bailey Owens, and Zach Marcus
Engelhardt, Spears, and a team of 200 volunteers spent five years working in their free time to create the short, including its lush, wood carved aesthetic.
Over 300 short films from 50+ countries premiere in To Gaza with Love: A Global Anijam, uniting animators in solidarity with Gaza.
A U.S.–China deal keeps TikTok alive, securing a vital platform for animators and studios to reach audiences and drive viral campaigns.
Mykyta Lyskov’s 'Kyiv Cake' layers humor, tragedy, and surreal imagery to capture Ukraine’s resilience and defiance during war.
Cinesite takes on its first full animation and VFX feature with 'Smurfs,' now streaming on Paramount+, blending Peyo’s style with hybrid magic.